Best Computer Science Colleges for me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Marymac, what do you mean by job placement when looking for a college? Also, I plan to get a masters degree for CS.
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<p>The big tech companies are the ones more likely to recruit in more schools (and are the ones that students know about anyway and apply to even if the recruiters are not visiting).</p>

<p>It is the smaller and less well known ones that may have a more limited recruiting list (often universities local to them plus perhaps a few non-local schools that they think are “good”).</p>

<p>Also, if you go for a master’s degree in CS, your master’s degree school would have more impact on recruiting.</p>

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<p>Also depending On what college I’m accepted to, my family may consider paying more and borrowing. </p>

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Maryland is top-notch. UMass and Rutgers are probably a little lower but still quite good.</p>

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<p>You don’t always have to go to a program the man on the street thinks is good. For example, Brown is ranked highly in CS phD programs and has a good rep with grad schools and top employers. My daughter did well there, got intimate research options and got into a top 10 grad school and internships with one of the big tech companies. That was typical for students. The program can include a Master’s with just one more year of study. However, Brown is very difficult to get accepted to and would be a high reach. The good thing is they are flexible and let you choose your major by end of sophmore year without restriction except for completing major requirements. But you aren’t just a cog in a wheel there. Research ops are abundant. That’s mostly all I know about CS. Except Wisconsin, Maryland, and UCLA are good. Carnegie Mellon, UCB, MIT are great. No reason to not consider the many other programs that are considered solid. It is your performance that matters more.</p>

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<p>Ah so I can go to a decent CS college and work hard to get into a great grad school. Thanks! </p>

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<p>Look at U of I. The guys that created Netscape, PayPal, and Youtube all went to school there. Larry Ellison spent two years there before dropping out of school.</p>

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<p>Bill, that is UIUC.</p>

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<p>Dr. Google,</p>

<p>U of I is UIUC. It’s another name for the school.</p>